It began as a minor face-off which soon turned violent, leaving four people, including a policeman, severely injured. The fracas which occurred on Friday April 12, 2013 involved some policemen attached to Ijede Division and some sand dealers in Agura area of Ikorodu, Lagos State.

…Community sues govt over stance
THE Lagos state government has outlawed the ultra modern Makoko Floating School barely seven months after the construction started. The school that is expected to address perennial flooding that truncate access to education by children of the community may never be allowed to operate after-all.

Thousands of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, electric poles across the Lagos metropolis are defective and could collapse at the slightest wind thrust.

LAGOS – LAGBUS Assets Management Ltd.– Operator of LAGBUS intra-city buses in Lagos State, has ordered its members of staff to start screening passengers and luggage to enhance security.

Freedom Foundation, a non-governmental organisation with a mandate of pioneering social reformation on drug addicted victims and commercial sex workers across the nation, has expressed hope of establishing at least 1000 ladies by next year.

Marvelous’  alleged journey into kidnapping had been a successful one. The Aniocha Local Government Area of Delta State  indigene says he ventured into the illicit trade out of frustration. He narrates: When I came back to Nigeria from Ghana, I   had no job and my parents were very poor. I met some of my classmates […]

Police investigations into the kidnapping and murder of a 72-year-old woman, Mrs. Regina Obi Daity, took a twist after detectives found that it had direct link with the abduction of Prof. Kamene Okonjo, the mother of the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

To Akinbode Theophilus (30), Waidi Folorunso (27) and Wasiu Olusola (31), the answer to the question above is possibly, yes. They are in police net accused of robbing a church, among others. The robbed church is located at Ijegun-Ikotun, Lagos. And it wasn’t only once that the church was robbed.

Culture is a strong instrument for peace, development and national unity. One can see a number of ways in which culture plays an important role in development. First, the culture industry is a dynamic and prosperous sector of the economy that provides fabulous avenues for development through growth and employment.

His manner of interaction even with his members of staff exuded simplicity. None had to fret over his presence, and that alone reshaped my impression of this chartered accountant, politician and businessman whose father is the famous Deltan second republic senator, Senator David Dafinone. The second son in the Dafinone dynasty of chartered accountants, Chief Ede Omueya Dafinone is a partner at Horwath Dafinone, a chartered accounting firm in Lagos. One stupendous aspect of this man’s life is his perception of politics. In 2007, Ede contested under the umbrella of the People’s Democratic Party-PDP-for the Senate seat in Delta Central but lost in the primaries.